Resource efficient business models

Resource efficient business models are key to creating commercial value from sustainable business practices and offer organisations the chance to develop new revenue streams and new product offerings from resources that would have previously been considered waste.

To find out how to implement resource efficient business models and realise more value from your resources, take a look at WRAP’s expert guidance:

Design for extending clothing life

Organisations across the supply chain could cut up to 3% of their carbon, water and waste impact by making clothes that last just three months longer.

Clothing designed to withstand wear and tear and to appeal to the customer for longer, promotes brand loyalty, confidence, and customer satisfaction as well as having positive impacts on the environment.

To find out how your organisation can benefit from designing, producing and selling clothing which has a longer life at the required price points, you can use WRAP's key guidance, advice and initiatives:

Fibre and fabric selection

Fibre and fabric selection is key to improving sustainability, reducing carbon, water and waste footprints and increasing the useable life of a piece of clothing.

By using longer-lasting, more durable and less resource intensive fibres and fabrics in their products, organisations can increase customer satisfaction through extending clothing life, and increase rates of re-use in second-hand clothing.

To find out how your organisation can benefit from using more sustainable fibres and fabrics, you can use WRAP's key guidance and advice:

Re-use and recycling

Organisations in the clothing industry can find new opportunities and develop fresh revenue streams by capturing some of the clothing that is discarded, with more than 25% of post-consumer clothing ending up in the household waste bin.

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Exclusive access to WRAP’s knowledge- base, including information and real-life examples of designing for extended clothing life, or using more sustainable fibres and fabrics to create economic value and reduce the environmental footprint of clothing.

What else can my organisation do?

WRAP encourages all organisations, whether large or small, to consider how they can use our research to reduce their exposure to resource risk or scarcity, discover new revenue streams and gain reputational benefits from reducing their environmental impact.

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Clothing knowledge hub

WRAP's Clothing Knowledge Hub showcases new initiatives, processes and technologies that can reduce the environmental impact of clothing.